Did some pressing off of boards afterwards. My friend John started an equipment line and gave the gym his A Series Boards. It's pretty convenient when you don't have enough people to spot and hold the boards. http://www.ironlandequipment.com/ Sorry about plugging all of my friends :/

With your progress, I'd say that's perfectly attainable. I can't believe that you pull that much more over your body weight. That's insane!

Cheers mate, I'm pulling abt 3xbw now but that's reasonably comfortable. I always think us smaller guys have it harder as once the weight is off the floor we don't have the bodyweight to help keep it moving upwards. Bloody physics!

Check this out mate and see what you think, this is my version of pulling off blocks. I had to make my own ones up lol...

I filmed this video a few months back, there's an hours worth of deadlifting that's been cut down to a little over 11mins. I finished up on pulling 440lb (a little over 3 x bw) off a couple of 20kg plates

Check this out mate and see what you think, this is my version of pulling off blocks. I had to make my own ones up lol...

I filmed this video a few months back, there's an hours worth of deadlifting that's been cut down to a little over 11mins. I finished up on pulling 440lb (a little over 3 x bw) off a couple of 20kg plates

Super solid! Being a powerlifter definitely makes you a little more creative with your workouts and set ups, haha. That's similar to what I have except that I have 2" blocks and then throw a rubber plate on top. You have to work with what you have.

One thing that I noticed about your setup, and this could just be because of the angle or because you were pulling from blocks, was that your arms were limp before pulling and as a result it looks like you might have had to fight the weight twice. I used to have this problem a lot before someone pointed it out. If you grab the bar and pull yourself down toward it, it'll set your shoulders back and pull the slack out of the bar. This isn't as much of an issue until you get to big boy weight like you're doing now. If you watch the video it's less apparent on the first attempt than it is on the second, but you can hear the initial slack being rung up and then when the bar is actually set in motion. You've got all the power you need to pull something big, so I'm just wanting to see you get the most out of it! Stoked to see how you do in competition!

Thanks for pointing that out, yeah I think I have corrected that now. I always try to take the slack out and put tension on the bar just before I pull now, seems to help as well.Cheers mate, always valuable to get help and feedback from others that are in the same sport. Appreciate that

Thanks for pointing that out, yeah I think I have corrected that now. I always try to take the slack out and put tension on the bar just before I pull now, seems to help as well.Cheers mate, always valuable to get help and feedback from others that are in the same sport. Appreciate that

It's the only way to learn, really. Try as we might, you can never fully see everything that someone else will so it's always great to get feedback. Having people tell me what I do right and wrong is the only way that I've been able to progress.

Thanks for pointing that out, yeah I think I have corrected that now. I always try to take the slack out and put tension on the bar just before I pull now, seems to help as well.Cheers mate, always valuable to get help and feedback from others that are in the same sport. Appreciate that

It's the only way to learn, really. Try as we might, you can never fully see everything that someone else will so it's always great to get feedback. Having people tell me what I do right and wrong is the only way that I've been able to progress.

Pulling today. I decided to just go for the throat on this one and stop using the rubber plates to add distance between the bar and the floor. Today I just pulled from blocks (~2") and I'm happy that I did. My hips are sore from a seven mile hike I did yesterday, but I managed.

Good work on the PR mate, especially after the big hike. Imagine what you could have done on fresh legs haha.

I felt like I could have done more after 495, but since that was my goal I figured that I had put in my work for the day. My training partner John said that I should have gone up to 545, then 585 for singles, but I didn't want to tempt fate since my hips were sore from trudging through the sand. The hike was well worth it though!

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